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Rod Taylor Biography

Rodney Sturt "Rod" Taylor (11 January 1930 – 7 January 2015) was an Australian actor on radio, film and television. He appeared in over 50 films, including The Time Machine (1960), The Birds (1963), and One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961).

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Acting doesn't suffice.

Acting, Suffice

So I went and did an audition and became the biggest radio actor in Sydney, and that's how it all started.

Actors, Radio, Auditions, Biggest, Became

I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.

Dream, Friends, Give, Giving, Selling

When people think it's successful, I'm grateful. When they don't - OK, I'll try again.

Grateful, People, Successful, Thinking

I suddenly realized how much I loved her when we attended Alfred Hitchcock's 75th birthday party last August. There was something magical about that night, and it made me see how much she really meant to me.

Birthday, Party, Night, Attended, See

I pray and try every day to be a better actor.

Actor, Actors, Day, Pray, Praying, Trying

I worked at Mark Foy's during the day and studied drama at night.

Drama, Night, Mark, Day, Studied

Art doesn't feed me or fill the void when I am not working. If I haven't worked for six months, I can't paint.

Art, Six Months, Void, Months, Six

Dore Schary was then head of the studio and he wanted to change my name.

Change, Dore, Names, Schary, Studio, Wanted

In the beginning I had a real work problem. Every time I had job I had to convince the immigration authorities I was the only man for that job and get a special work permit until I went under contract to MGM.

Jobs, Men, Permit, Real, Special, Work

Anyway, when I was a kid, I dutifully went to the Sydney Technical and Fine Arts College.

Art, Arts, College, Fine, Kids, Technical

Apart from being interested in a good role, I think it's necessary to make up your mind as to whether it will make a movie that will entertain an audience all over the world and not just in your own backyard.

Thinking, Mind, Backyards, Make, Necessary

The sweet smell of success is no perfume for a woman. Say it's old-fashioned, say it's corny, but, as far as I can see, a girl who wears a 'business scent' is not attractive. A woman who flaunts her career as if it was a new hat is not beautiful.

Attractive, Beautiful, Business, Girl, Perfume, Sweet

When I said I no longer wanted to be a painter, that I wanted to be an actor, the first thing I did was get a stinking job in an insurance building.

Actor, Actors, Firsts, Insurance, Jobs, Stinking

To a large degree, those early lean days were self-imposed.

Days, Degree, Degrees, Early, Lean, Self

I did well as an actor in Australia, and then Paramount invited me over. . . to have a look at me.

Actors, Australia, Look, Looks, Paramount

Acting is something I love.

Acting, Love

I am proud to be an actor.

Actor, Actors, Proud

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